MedCadre is seeking a travel nurse RN Orthopedics for a travel nursing job in Golden, Colorado.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: Orthopedics
- Discipline: RN
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 36 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours, days
- Employment Type: Travel
- Position: Registered Nurse - Med Surg Ortho
- Location: Golden. CO
- Shift: Day 3x12-Hour (07:00 - 19:30)
- Contract Duration: 13 Weeks
- Start Date: ASAP
Pay Breakdown:
- Weekly Gross: $2,750
- W2: $17/hr.
- Stipend: $2,138 Weekly
Requirements
- CO or Compact State RN license - Required
- Minimum 1+ year of Med Surg Ortho experience - Required.
- BLS, ACLS, NIHSS certifications required.
Job Summary:
We're seeking an experienced Travel Medical-Surgical/Orthopedic Registered Nurse (Med Surg Ortho RN) for a 13-week assignment with a leading healthcare facility. The Med Surg Ortho RN provides comprehensive, patient-centered care to adult patients with acute medical conditions, orthopedic injuries, and post-operative orthopedic procedures. The ideal candidate is skilled in patient assessment, medication administration, pain management, wound care, and orthopedic recovery while delivering safe, evidence-based nursing care in a fast-paced acute care setting.
Duties
- Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate individualized care for medical-surgical and orthopedic patients.
- Monitor patient condition, vital signs, neurovascular status, and pain levels, reporting changes promptly.
- Administer medications, IV therapies, blood products, and treatments as prescribed.
- Provide preoperative and postoperative care for orthopedic procedures, including joint replacements, fracture repairs, and spine surgeries.
- Perform wound care, dressing changes, drain management, and cast or splint assessments.
- Assist patients with mobility, ambulation, fall prevention, and rehabilitation using appropriate assistive devices.
- Monitor for post-operative complications, including infection, deep vein thrombosis (DVT), pulmonary embolism (PE), and neurovascular compromise.
- Collaborate with physicians, orthopedic surgeons, physical and occupational therapists, case managers, and other healthcare professionals to coordinate patient care.
- Educate patients and families on medications, pain management, mobility precautions, rehabilitation, and discharge planning.
- Maintain accurate and timely documentation in the electronic medical record (EMR).
- Adhere to infection prevention protocols, patient safety standards, and hospital policies.
- Deliver compassionate, high-quality, evidence-based care to promote optimal patient recovery and outcomes.
About MedCadre
At MedCadre, headquartered in Irvine, California and serving healthcare organizations nationwide, we connect exceptional clinicians with world-class career opportunities while upholding the highest standards of ethics, fairness, and integrity. As a Joint Commission–accredited and ISO 9001–certified leader in medical staffing, we strictly adhere to healthcare regulations, ensuring trust and peace of mind for both our clinicians and partner facilities.
Guided by our core values; Results, Approachability, Care, and Emergency (RACE), we foster an environment where you can grow professionally, build meaningful relationships, and deliver outstanding patient care. When you join MedCadre, you become part of a broad network dedicated to advancing healthcare, improving lives, and shaping the future of patient outcomes together.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and embrace diversity at every level of our organization
Learn more about us https://www.medcadre.com/
Benefits
- 401k retirement plan
- Health Care FSA
- Vision benefits
- Dental benefits
- Retention bonus
- Medical benefits
- Referral bonus
- Sick pay
- Weekly pay